Mattress



F. RoBlNsoN Jan. 8, 1935.

MATTRESS Filed June 20. 1954 Patented Jan. 8, 1935 y UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE zclaims.

This invention relates to mattresses and, more particularly, to improvedmeans for securing various types of coverings thereon.

It is one of the objects of the invention to provide a mattress withmeans for readily and conveniently and detachably securing rubbersheeting or other form of covering to either side of the mattress sothat the covering will be held in a perfectly smooth condition and thusmeet therequirements for hospital beds, childrens beds, etc.

A further object of the invention is to provide convenient means fordetachably securing a blanket, spread, or other form of cover, to eitherside of the mattress so that the cover will be held securelyin positionand a child or hospital patient or anyone using the mattress cannotbecome uncovered by moving around thereon. -A further object is toprovide, incombination with detachable'means for securing a cover, asjust described, additional means for securing a sheet or pad on eitherside of the mattress so that it will be held in a smooth conditionthereon and without in any way interfering with the reversibility of themattress or the means for attaching the outer cover thereto asdescribed. r

A further object of the invention is to provide a reversible mattressfor a childs crib with convenient means for attaching a cover thereto,said means being` so arranged that the cover may be attached and securedin position without the4 inconvenience of tuck'ing the cover down alongthe sides of the mattress.

Other objects of the invention and the features of novelty will beapparent from the following description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, of which Figure 1 is a perspective view of amattress embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1:

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side view of a mattress having a sheet attachedthereto, in accordance with my invention; and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing, represents an ordinary mattress of anysuitable construction and,

in applying my invention thereto, I provide flaps 11 and 12 along thelongitudinal edges oi the mattress, these iiaps being secured at themid-plane of the edges as indicated at 13. The iiaps 11 and 12preferably extend along the longitudinal edges of the mattress for adistance somewhat more than one-half the length of the mattress,starting from the foot thereof, as best shown in Fig. 1, and the-freeedges of these naps are preferably provided with fully detachablezipper-type fasteners,

as indicated at 14, for the purpose of securing a' cover l5. It will benoted that the width of the flaps 11 and 12 is substantially one-halfthe thickness of the mattress so that the mattress will be 5 reversibleto permit'either side thereof to be used and, at the same time, have thezipper-type fasteners arranged at the upper corners of the 1ongitudinaledges of the mattress to make it convenient to attach and detach thecover 15 when 10 the mattress is in position inthe childs crib, havingthe usual bars or slats which are vertically arranged along the edges ofthe mattress and extend for some distance thereabove.

Reinforcing strips orl tapes 16 are arranged in l5 spaced relation alongthe longitudinal edges of the mattress and have buttons or snapfasteners 17 thereon to which the edges of a. sheet 18 may beconveniently attached for the purpose of securing the sheet in aperfectly smooth condition 20 on the top of the mattress withoutliability for it to become wrinkled in use.- The sheet 18 may be rubbersheeting or a pad or any other suitable form of cover such as iscommonly applied directly on the surface of theL mattress. It will benoted that the buttons or fasteners 17 are symmetrically arranged onopposite sides of the ilaps 11 and 12 so that the sheet 18 may beapplied to and secured on either surface of the mattress, thus makingthe mattress fully reversible. It will also be noted that the means forsecuring the sheet 18 in no wise interferes with the ilaps 11 and 12 orthe means for securing the cover 15 to these flaps.

If preferred, the sheet 18 may also be secured at the ends of themattress in the same manner l that it is secured along the longitudinaledges but, ordinarily, it will be sulcient to simply secure the sheetalong its longitudinal edges.

For hospital beds, it is usually unnecessary to provide means forsecuring the top cover or covers, such as 15, and only necessary tosecure a rubber or other form of sheet over the top surface of themattress and, in such cases, I prefer to' use the constructionillustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 in which the ilaps 19 and 20 are securedalong f the longitudinal edges of the mattress and at the mid-planethereof and preferably extend the full length of the mattress. In thisconstruction, I also prefer to use fully detachable zipper-typefasteners 21 along the free edges of the flaps for I the purpose ofsecuring the sheet 22. In this construction, it will be noted that theflaps 19 and 20 are of suillcient width to permit the mattress to bereversed and the sheet 22 applied to either side thereof.

While, in the illustrations of my invention, I have shown as mypreferred construction the well-known, fully detachable zipper-typefasteners, it will be understood that any other form of fastening means,such as buttons or snap fasteners, might be used instead, and a suicientnumber of buttons or snap fasteners may be used to securelyv hold thesheet 22 in a smooth and unwrinkled condition.

While I have illustrated and described what I now consider to be thepreferred embodiments of my invention it will be understood that variouschanges will be made from the details of construction and arrangement ofparts without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined inthe appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. A reversible mattress having aps secured along opposite edges thereofsubstantially midway between the top and bottom of the mattress and of awidth substantially equal to one-half the thickns of the mattresswhereby the free longitudinal edges of the flaps are adapted to bepositioned at the upper or lower corners of the mattress, a cover forthe mattress adapted to be positioned on either side thereof, andopposite edges of said cover and the free edges of said aps havingcooperating detachable fastening means whereby the cover may be retainedin position on either side of the mattress.

2. A reversible mattress having flaps secured along opposite edgesthereof substantially midway between the top and bottom of the mattress,said flaps being of suiiicient width to permit the free edges thereof tolie adjacent to either the top or bottom surface of the mattress, acover for the mattresseadapted to be positioned on either side thereof,and opposite edges .of said cover and the free edges of said aps beingprovided with cooperating detachable fastening means whereby the covermay be secured in a substantially smooth condition on either side of themattress.

FRIEDA ROBINSON.

